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BoE: synthetic ETFs are “opaque”
19 July 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

On top of synthetic ETFs, collateral swaps, structured notes and bilateral term repos are also deemed to be opaque...

Prime brokers deemed unimportant by investors
18 July 2012 New Jersey
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

A survey by Corgentum unearthed the surprising discovery that just 17 percent of investors felt that prime brokers were the most important hedge fund service provider, as compared to administrators and auditors...

Former Morgan Stanley employee heads to Cantor Fitzgerald
18 July 2012 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., a financial services firm, has welcomed former Morgan Stanley employee Saurav Chatterjee as managing director in the equity capital markets division...

Clearstream gains traction in the Middle East
17 July 2012 Abu Dhabi
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank has joined Clearstream’s triparty repo service as a new cash provider...

Philippe Lopategui resigns from RBS
17 July 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Philippe Lopategui has resigned from RBS as managing director, head of Equity Prime Services Europe at RBS Global Banking & Markets...

BarCap’s Phillips joins Athena Equity Finance
17 July 2012 London
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Tammy Phillips has left Barclays Capital to join Athena Equity Finance as managing director...

Maple selects SunGard’s Apex
16 July 2012 Toronto
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Financial services provider Maple Financial Group has chosen SunGard’s Apex securities finance solution for its operations in Frankfurt, London, Toronto and New Jersey...

Goldman cuts back prime brokerage in Japan
16 July 2012 Tokyo
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Goldman Sachs is paring down their Japanese prime brokerage business after the planned exit of unit head Toru Okabe. Okabe will leave the bank by the end of the month, after working in Goldman's prime brokerage section since 2000....

Brian Crowe to stand down at Lombard
16 July 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Brian Crowe, a non-executive director of Lombard Risk Management has stood down after a career change. Crowe joined the board in 2004 at the time of its IPO on AIM...

Short selling has implications for SEB and EMCF
13 July 2012 Sweden
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The European cash equities clearing company EMCF published a letter to clients on short selling. "We would like to bring the implementation of the EU Regulation on short selling to your attention...

Peter Herrlin is London prime brokerage head at SEB
13 July 2012 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Peter Herrlin will be the new head of the SEB’s prime brokerage division in London. Herrlin, who joined SEB in 2010, succeeds Atilla Olesen, who has transferred to Denmark...

Tullett Prebon to offer anonymous trading with prime brokers
12 July 2012 London, New York and Singapore
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Inter-dealer broker Tullett Prebon has a beta release of tpSPOTDEAL, a spot FX platform. The company has used Integral Development Corp., which supplies FX trading solutions and services, as its chosen technology provider...